I’m architecting an enterprise web application using python, django. My final decision to make is which javascript library to use. I’m thinking about using Google’s closure library or YUI3. Most of the development, I’ve used jQuery.I can code fast with jQuery but doesn’t seem right for enterprise use.
YUI 3 seems pretty good. It includes most widgets I want to use, but Closure library does almost the same. Better offer with Closure library is they have Closure Compiler, but seems like Closure requires to write much more code than YUI 3. Documentation from YUI 3 is pretty good too.
The application will be for both web and mobile devices, so the library should not break in mobile device such as Android or iPhone.
If you were me, what decision would you make?
I’d go with YUI 3. Especially if the only reason you’re considering Google’s Closure is the compiler. As this works well in YUI 3, with much better compression than the YUI compresser. I’m sure it doesn’t do as good a job as it could with Closure code, but that’s pretty hard to test.
The modular framework in YUI 3 is awesome, and there is enough sugar to give you a tooth ache without being too heavy. Yahoo use it for all their sites, and they have a strong emphasis on performance (so it can’t be all bad).